- Sond
- Sond Sond, Sonde Sonde, n. [AS. sand. See {Send}, v. t.]
1. That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a
visitation of providence; an affliction or trial. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Ye have enough, parde, of Goddes sond. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
2. (Rocketry) a rocket or balloon sent into the upper atmosphere to measure atmospheric conditions or other phenomena at altitudes unattainable by aircraft. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.